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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kimio Kitamura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/06 ; C03B 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/06 ; C03B 5/02 ;
Abstract
A heater supporting structure includes heaters comprising plate-shaped electrical resistance heating elements and power applying portions for energizing the electrical resistance heating elements, mounts for mounting the electrical resistance heating elements, and first insulative supporters and second insulative supporters, the supporters being provided on the mounts with a certain distance and supporting edges of the electrical resistance heating elements, and the electrical resistance heating elements are formed in a shape so as to project toward the mounts and are provided apart from the mounts.